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Phish Dry Goods has just announced their latest and greatest concert DVD — Phish at Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC on July 22, 1997 — a show that quickly became a spectacle as the band played through, and along with, a furious storm accented by the lighting genius of CK5.
The 2-DVD set features over 2½ hours of 5-camera footage with 5.1 Dolby Surround or optional stereo sound.
As an added (and hilarious) bonus, everyone who preordered the DVD also received the “Left Nuts” bonus CD featuring over 75 minutes of previously unreleased music from Phish's past performances at Walnut Creek.
In case you didn't get the joke, the CD's title is in reference to Trey's quote to Rolling Stone — “ at this point in time I would give my left nut to play [YEM] five times in a row every day until I die.”
In true Dry Goods fashion, there's a handful of high-margin packages you can buy…
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Package (pictured above) including the DVD, two t-shirts, and a mail-order ticket replica magnet
- Summer 1997 Vector Logo on Serene Green Package includes the DVD plus the Phish logo t-shirt and ticket magnet
- Summer 1997 Pollock Appliance on Stone Blue Package includes the DVD plus the Pollock design t-shirt and ticket magnet
- Walnut Creek DVD & Pollock Mail-Order Ticket Magnet which comes with just the DVD and ticket magnet
And if you're saving your money for the inevitable Phish reunion, you can buy the Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD all by itself.
I have no trouble at all rating this a basic Kickass Mike's Groove.
— Charlie Dirksen
To help get you psyched in advance of the DVD's August 5, 2008 release, head on over to Phish.net where there's plenty of reviews of the '07 Walnut Creek show. And if you need an immediate fix, you can shop for more Phish Concert DVDs right here on Jamtopia.
UPDATE (July 12, 2008) Thanks to Phish for posting some sample on YouTube, you can now watch samples of Taste, Mike's Song, and Weekapaug Groove from the Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD.
UPDATE (August 1, 2008) Preorders are now closed and the Walnut Creek '97 DVD is in stock and shipping from Dry Goods.
UPDATE (August 5, 2008) On sale now! Buy Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD at Amazon.
Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD Track List
Disc 1
- Runaway Jim >
- My Soul
- Water in the Sky
- Stash
- Bouncing Around the Room
- Vultures
- Bye Bye Foot
- Taste *
Disc 2
- Down With Disease** >
- Mike's Song >
- Simple >
- I Am Hydrogen # >
- Weekapaug Groove ## >
- Hello My Baby
- E: When the Circus Comes
- E: Harry Hood
*Band jams with a lightning storm, which eventually forces the set to end early
**With “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” (Temptations) quote
#Mike's bass is out of tune at the end
##With “I Am Hydrogen” and “Mother” (Pink Floyd) teases
Bouncing Around the Room: Sample from Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD
Taste: Sample from Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD
Mike's Song: Sample from Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD
Weekapaug Groove: Sample from Phish Walnut Creek '97 DVD
Phish: Left Nuts Bonus CD Track List
- Runaway Jim Walnut Creek, June 16, 1995
- Free Walnut Creek, June 16, 1995
- Reba Walnut Creek, June 29, 1994
- Dog Faced Boy Walnut Creek, June 16, 1995
- Catapult Walnut Creek, June 16, 1995
- Split Open and Melt Walnut Creek, June 16, 1995
- Carolina Walnut Creek, June 16, 1995
Most likely not as high quality as Brooklyn because it was ‘95 and the likelyhood is this was video done to be shown on screens for those in the lawn. It was probably broadcast quality cameras, but it was not intended to be a “capture the whole experience” type of project, just added to heighten the enjoyment and experience of those who aren’t close enough to see what’s happenin on stage. Brooklyn used HD cameras because of the simulcast to theaters and its intended audience was people not present at the venue.